In re the Claim of Cedeno

Appeal from a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board, filed August 7, 2003, which ruled that claimant was disqualified from receiving unemployment insurance benefits because her employment was terminated due to misconduct.

Substantial evidence supports the decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board that claimant lost her employment due to disqualifying misconduct for fighting with a coworker. Regardless of who initiates the altercation, fighting with a coworker during working hours can constitute disqualifying misconduct (see Matter of McCray [Commissioner of Labor], 301…